New Scientist Magazine -25 March 2017 (NS250317)

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No.3118
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leaders
It’s time new media companies admitted that that’s what they are
NEWS
UPFRONT
UK government pulls ads from YouTube in extremist content row
Electronic devices banned on US-bound flights from 8 countries
ExoMars dips into the Martian atmosphere to sniff for life
US climate science in the firing line for Trump’s first budget
Deadly, drug-resistant Candida yeast infection spreads in the US
Global warming worsened snowpack loss in California’s drought
Weather and climate extremes continue to set new records
60 Seconds
NEWS & TECHNOLOGY
Old blood can be made young again and it might fight ageing
First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere
Robots could help children give evidence in child abuse cases
Artificial lungs in a backpack may free people with lung failure
Special glasses give people superhuman colour vision
Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life
Atomic clocks make best measurement yet of relativity of time
Cosmological ruler could help us get the measure of dark energy
Vision saved by first induced pluripotent stem cell treatment
E-tattoos turn knuckles and freckles into smartphone controls
Mysterious water-like streaks on Mars might be sand flows instead
Exposed: Soviet cover-up of nuclear fallout worse than Chernobyl
IN BRIEF
Parrots get high on contagious laughter and high-five in mid air
Gentle breeze may help Venus’s atmosphere spin like crazy
These fish are evolving right now to become land-dwellers
3D-printed bacteria could make bespoke graphene-like materials
O my! Paper strip test determines blood type in just 30 seconds
Robot eavesdrops on men and women to see how much they talk
Chimp filmed cleaning a corpse’s teeth in a mortuary-like ritual
Dark matter took its time to wrap around early galaxies
ANALYSIS
Can data save rhinos? How to attack wildlife crime at source
A little less ET, a little more astrophysics, if you please
Scott Pruitt’s climate denial may be Putin’s real prize
New autism blood test likely to join ranks of also-rans
APERTURE
The beautiful bird corpses left by illegal Maltese sharpshooters
FEATURES
Mind the gaps: The holes in your brain that make you smart
Tomorrow’s menu: Termites, grass and synthetic milk
This bird has flown: Unravelling the mysteries of bird migration
PEOPLE
Beetroot for AIDS: Fighting denialism in Mbeki’s South Africa
CULTURE
War by any means: The story of DARPA
Can a new history of vaccination silence doubters?
More
Thrills and spills: We built a sentry duck for our bath
Regulars
LETTERS, FEEDBACK, THE LAST WORD